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LookoutDirect is a PC-based Human Machine Interface (HMI) software package. It comes from National Instruments(based on their Lookout® object-based automation software). LookoutDirect does everything you need an HMI to do, at half the price charged by most of our competitors.

Grace Engineered Products announces the GracePort™ “M5 Series” line of Stainless Steel Interfaces specifically suited for the Drug, Food Processing, Dairy, Chemical and Petro-Chemical Industry.

Improve product and data tracking within a single manufacturing line or throughout and entire supply chain. Omron’s advance Auto Identification solutions offer the durability and advanced function you need.

The DL105 series is a fixed-I/O micro PLC with 10 inputs and eight outputs. Eight configurations are available in combinations of AC, DC, and relay I/O, as well as AC and DC power supplies.

AutomationDirect's Terminator I/O line of field bus termination I/O products, a practical solution for remote I/O, PC-based control and distributed control applications.

Would you like to get real-time PLC information directly into Excel™, Lotus™, Visual Basic™ and many other Windows® application programs that you use every day...faster than you ever imagined?

AutomationDirect offer hundreds of different NEMA cabinet enclosures, including junction boxes, wiring troughs, wall mount and free standing...all at AutomationDirect's low prices!

AutomationDirect carries Cutler-Hammer E26 Series Stacklights which come in preassembled 2 or 3-light units, or put together a stack of your own with five colors and alarm and strobe modules.

Designed for embedded applications, the MS-3 series meets demanding space and budget requirements while offering an exceptional feature-set. The MS-3 series are the fastest, smallest bar code scanners available.

The DL05 and the DL06 product lines are a family of micro PLCs designed to fit more applications than any other PLC family in their class. Starting with the DL05 at 8 inputs/ 6 outputs, all the way up to the fully expanded 100 I/O DL06 PLC, these PLCs are a standard that can grow with the changing needs of your machine or process control applications.

DINnectors are simply DIN rail-mounted connectors or terminal blocks. They provide a means of connecting and identifying two or more wires within the demands of an industrial environment. DINnectors can terminate solid or stranded wires ranging from 18-3/0 AWG, and offer fusing, grounding or disconnecting capability within the terminal block itself.

AutomationDirect offers electromechanical motor control solutions for motors up to 40 horsepower at 480 volts.

The MS-880 is the ideal scanner for facilities looking to simplify equipment purchase by selecting one scanner model throughout the floor for a variety of uses.

Quadrus EZ™ simplifies 2D reading. Fully featured to read linear bar codes or 2D symbologies in static or dynamic applications, it is ideal for any company considering the transition from bar codes to 2D symbols.

The brushless voice coil motors provide 6.3 lbs (28.2 N) of force and peak forces of 20.0 lbs (89.9 N) at a 10% duty cycle for the X and Y axes. The Z axis linear actuator has a continuous force of 21.2 oz (5.9 N) and 67.0 oz (18.6 N) peak force.

Maintainability is the probability that a device will be restored to an operating condition within a specified period when maintenance is done with prescribed resources and procedures.